Agriculture is generally recognized as the most hazardous occupation and displays high rates of musculoskeletal disorders. These musculoskeletal disorders are the upshot of awkward posture (propagation, weeding etc.) and repetitive
motion of hand and wrist and other bodybending posture for long hours, and this can cause back and neck pain. Review of reported occupational injuries in California agriculture for the period 1981-1990 by AgSafe shows that sprains and strains predominate as major types of injury,accounting for 43% of all reported agricultural occupational injuries. Further, it was estimated by AgSafe that nearly 40% of the reported sprain and strain injuries involved the back. Back injuries
are generally acknowledged by agricultural employers and workers’ compensation insurers as a significant problem from the perspectives of both incidence and cost.